If you drone on and on, there is a good chance that some of your callers are going to hang up before leaving their message.
Voicemail plays an essential role in business operations. It captures all the missed communications from your customers so your employees and departments can respond to them quickly.
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Have a positive attitude while recording your voicemail greeting â it will carry through in your voice. If you find it difficult to convey positivity over a phone system, try smiling while youâre recording. (We promise, you will hear a difference.)
Introduce yourself at the beginning of your message. Take your time in providing your contact information, making sure you are loud and clear in the pronunciation of your name and number.
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15. âHello, youâve reached the Sales Department at [Company name]. All of our representatives are currently helping clients [insert goal such as, âachieve 40% growth through streamlining HRâ] and are unable to take your call. Instead of putting you on hold and taking up your valuable time, please leave your name, company, and phone number and weâll give you a call back ASAP. Thank you!â
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The simple truth is that you need to be more aware of what youâre leaving for other people to hear. Sure, this doesnât always register as a priority for users, but itâs never too late to reassess your greeting. a. Reading/Speaking in the Imperfect Tone: Tone is absolutely everything. Users donât want to come off as being too nice, as it sounds insincere, or being too terse, as it can be interpreted as being rude. That being said, striking the right balance is absolutely essential. Your greeting exists as its own entity, and therefore, it should NOT rely on callersâ familiarity with you. Instead, it needs to appeal to the masses. As such, your inflection, i.e. the way you state your name and directions, needs to be both welcoming and firm. b. Injecting Humor & Insincerity: While humor/light heartedness can be welcoming, it can also convey a sense of informality, insincerity, and ultimately unprofessionalism. Why, because youâre not there to lend your humor or to contextualize. Instead, youâre assuming the caller has a working knowledge of your personality to ground the message. Though this might not sound like itâs all that terribleâit can be detrimental. As stated above, one should NEVER rely on a callerâs familiarity with you. Instead, aim to appeal to the masses. Humor is ultimately subjective, meaning not everyone has the same tastes; therefore, someone is bound to be turned off by a quirky or off-color remark. While implementing a light-hearted or even tongue and cheek tone can work, itâs just a really bad idea.
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Expand your message with 'We're sorry we couldn't take your call this time.' The inclusion of 'this time'Â or 'on this occasion' suggests that the voicemail is the exception rather than the rule.
So, I finally did it. Hereâs my process for developing a professional voicemail message in 10 steps:
Please note that if you record an unavailable greeting, it will be used instead of the default message with your name recording.
As a business, you always want to present yourself as professional. Be sure your voicemail sounds friendly and personal. For a more polished sound, you can hire a voice artist to record voicemail greetings from as little as $39. Business 1300 can help you write your script and source a well spoken, clear voice from our team of voice artists to do a recording for you.
When asked to press a number, pause on the phone/mic icon and click a number under the DIAL PAD tab.
Reiterate the main point of your message and repeat your name and phone number. This will help the receiver remember your name and message and spares him from having to listen from the beginning to write down your contact information.
Record your voicemail away from background noise. While recording your voicemail, background noise can make your message very difficult to understand. Make sure to record your voicemail in an environment with minimal background noise. If you want to optimize your voicemail, practice a lot. Also, do not forget to take notes about the content of your voicemail. Practicing and taking notes while leaving an electronic voicemail is essential. A lot of practice will be so helpful in recording your message. But in some cases, you may not have time to practice. It may help to write your voicemail text on a piece of paper and read it in such cases.